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** There's one final category of dragons that only gets the briefest of mention in the Legendarium; Stone Dragons, created by the Valar to guard the Doors of Night, a portal which leads out into the void where [[PredecessorVillain Morgoth]] is imprisoned. The dragons are described as being carved from black stone and have black smoke leaking from their jaws. It's ambiguous whether or not these things are alive or if they're just statues but it's vague enough to warrant mentioning.
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** There's one final category of dragons that only gets the briefest of mention in the Legendarium; Stone Dragons, created by the Valar to guard the Doors of Night, a portal which leads out into the void where [[PredecessorVillain Morgoth]] is imprisoned. The dragons are described as being carved from black stone and have black smoke leaking from their jaws. It's ambiguous whether or not these things are alive or if they're just statues but it's vague enough and bizarre enough[[note]]What would be the purpose of carving statues for a "door" no one is meant to see? Why are they in the shape of Morgoth's creatures?[[/note]] to warrant mentioning.
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* The titular novella of Louise Searl's ''Literature/TheDreamEatersAndOtherStories'' features dragons, wyverns and drakes as three distinct species. Dragons have four legs and two wings, and breathe fire. Wyverns have two legs and two wings, can't breathe fire, and have stings on their tails. Drakes resemble small, non-sentient dragons - they can't breathe fire, but have volatile blood.
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* ''Literature/{{Belgariad}}'': There's only one dragon, a female, who's all that's left after the two males killed each other during their first mating season. The dragon in that series is stupid, animalistic and has burning blood, but besides the blood is more of a shot at the Smaug-dragons of the twentieth century.
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* ''Literature/{{Belgariad}}'': ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': There's only one dragon, a female, who's all that's left after the two males killed each other during their first mating season. The dragon in that series is stupid, animalistic and has burning blood, but besides the blood is more of a shot at the Smaug-dragons of the twentieth century.
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** There's one final category of dragons that only gets the briefest of mention in the Legendarium; Stone Dragons, created by the Valar to guard the Doors of Night, a portal which leads out into the void where [[PredecessorVillain Morgoth]] is imprisoned. The dragons are described as being carved from black stone and have black smoke leaking from their jaws. It's ambiguous whether or not these things are alive or if they're just statues but it's vague enough to warrant mentioning.
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** There are three kinds of dragons in Middle-earth -- fire drakes or Urulóki, which can breathe fire; winged fire drakes, like Smaug; and cold drakes, which can neither fly nor breathe fire. All dragons are descended from the ancient fire drake Glaurung, whose origin is never totally revealed, save that it's connected to Morgoth. All the dragons seen on page are evil and also highly intelligent and magically powerful, to the extent that they might be said to have MagnificentBastard as their [[PlanetOfHats hat]]. Glaurung and Smaug are especially intelligent. Glaurung is also described as having hypnotic eyes and is accompanied by a great stench. No other dragons are described as having these qualities (though Smaug is hinted at having them; specifically, he's implied to leave a lingering odor behind, his soft belly had become encrusted with melted treasure which may partly mask his scent, and Bilbo mentions not wanting to get caught in his gaze, even if he is invisible).
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** There are three kinds of dragons in Middle-earth -- fire drakes or Urulóki, which can breathe fire; winged fire drakes, like Smaug; and cold drakes, which can neither fly nor breathe fire. All dragons are descended from the ancient fire drake Glaurung, whose origin is never totally revealed, save that it's connected to Morgoth. All the dragons seen on page are evil and also highly intelligent and magically powerful, to the extent that they might be said to have MagnificentBastard as their [[PlanetOfHats hat]]. Glaurung and Smaug are especially intelligent. Glaurung is also described as having hypnotic eyes and is accompanied by a great stench. No other dragons are described as having these qualities (though Smaug is hinted at having them; specifically, he's implied to leave a lingering odor behind, his soft belly had become encrusted with melted treasure which may partly mask his scent, and Bilbo mentions not wanting to get caught in his gaze, even if he is invisible). In his own illustrations, Tolkien always depicted dragons in the medieval style, as very long serpentine creatures, sometimes winged and sometimes not, with proportionally short legs, and lacking horns but possessing external ears.
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* Jack Kent's ''There's No Such Thing as a Dragon'' children's book, has a small boy called Billy wake up one morning to find a cute little dragon, the size of a cat, in his room. He shows his new pet to his mother, but she and no one else wants to believe it. In response, the dragon [[BigEater starts eating everything]] and keeps growing and growing [[SizeShifter until it's so massive]] it's wearing their house [[{{Kaiju}} like an item of clothing]]. Eventually [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom Billy's mother and everyone is forced to notice it]]. The dragon happily shrinks back down to cat-size.
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* Jack Kent's ''There's No Such Thing as a Dragon'' Literature/TheresNoSuchThingAsADragon children's book, has a small boy called Billy wake up one morning to find a cute little dragon, the size of a cat, in his room. He shows his new pet to his mother, but [[FlatEarthAtheist she and no one else wants to believe it. it]]. In response, response to being ignored, the dragon [[BigEater starts eating everything]] and keeps growing and growing [[SizeShifter until it's so massive]] it's wearing their house [[{{Kaiju}} like an item of clothing]]. Eventually [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom Billy's mother and everyone is forced to notice it]]. The dragon happily shrinks back down to cat-size.
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* ''Literature/AMemoryOfFlames'': In Stephen Deas' universe, dragons are at least fifty feet tall -- being either the smaller but agile Hunting Dragon or the far more powerful War Dragon which are twice that size. They were apparently created by magic, don't need to breathe, are capable of mind-raping humans, have immortal souls that [[ResurrectiveImmortality simply recycle bodies]] (which burst into flame when they die), are highly anti-magical and think of humans as nothing more than amusing food. Did we mention they used to rule the world? Did we mention that humans have been keeping them as pets? And it turns out, [[spoiler: the dragons are actually half-gods who were victims of a BalefulPolymorph by one of their ambitious brothers.]]
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* ''Literature/AMemoryOfFlames'': In Stephen Deas' universe, dragons are at least fifty feet tall -- being either the smaller but agile Hunting Dragon or the far more powerful War Dragon which are twice that size. They were apparently created by magic, don't need to breathe, are capable of mind-raping humans, have immortal souls that [[ResurrectiveImmortality simply recycle bodies]] (which burst into flame when they die), are highly anti-magical and think of humans as nothing more than amusing food. Did we mention they used to rule the world? Did we mention that humans have been keeping them as pets? And it turns out, [[spoiler: the dragons are actually half-gods who were victims of a BalefulPolymorph ForcedTransformation by one of their ambitious brothers.]]
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* ''Literature/TheCosmere'': Creator/BrandonSanderson is very fond of dragons - they are the only "classic" fantasy species which exists within his SharedUniverse, though he still puts a somewhat unique spin on them. Within the Cosmere, dragons are an ancient, sentient species originating from the same world as humanity and the Cosmere's CreatorDeity, Adonalsium, a now desolate world named Yolen. They are ageless creatures that come in a variety of shapes and sizes, not least due to being potent shapeshifters and sorcerers. Their true form is a fairly standard Occidental design - reptillian body, large leathery wings and horns - though they can grow manes and beards akin to those of Oriental longs. Most notably, their bodies are always covered in [[FantasyMetals dragonsteel]], a mysterious, silvery metal of currently unknown properties and immense value to collectors of the arcane. The dragons introducedin the various books tend towards isolationism and neutrality, content to leave mankindand other races to their own devices in pursuit of their own, often nebulous goals - however, whenever they do take an interest in current affairs, they invariably become highly important players in their own right.
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* ''Literature/TheCosmere'': Creator/BrandonSanderson is very fond of dragons - they are the only "classic" fantasy species which exists within his SharedUniverse, though he still puts a somewhat unique spin on them. Within the Cosmere, dragons are an ancient, sentient species originating from the same world as humanity and the Cosmere's CreatorDeity, Adonalsium, a now desolate world named Yolen. They are ageless creatures that come in a variety of shapes and sizes, not least due to being potent shapeshifters and sorcerers. Their true form is a fairly standard Occidental design - reptillian body, large leathery wings and horns - though they can grow manes and beards akin to those of Oriental longs. Most notably, their bodies are always covered in [[FantasyMetals dragonsteel]], a mysterious, silvery metal of currently unknown properties and immense value to collectors of the arcane. The few dragons introducedin seen in the various books tend towards isolationism and neutrality, content have a tendancy to leave mankindand other races live in isolated areas away from mortal settlements, but are willing to their own devices grant boons to those mortals who dare to seek them out [[EquivalentExchange for a price of some kind]]; [[Literature/TressOfTheEmeraldSea Xisisrefiel]] makes exchanges for human slaves, while [[Literature/TheStormlightArchive Koravellium Avast]] prefers to give out curses alongside her boons in pursuit lieu of their own, often nebulous goals - however, whenever they do take taking something. It's also mentioned that dragon myths are extremely common across the Cosmere because dragons like revealing themselves to developing cultures so that they'll have an interest in current affairs, they invariably become highly important players easily-influenced people in their own right. back pocket if they ever happen to find themselves in need of one. WordOfGod says that the interdimensional city of Silverlight, now populated by worldhoppers from all across the Cosmere, was originally founded by dragons who simply built their palaces near each other, and even now they're very active in the higher echelons of the city (being [[CorporateDragon owners of the major corporations]], for example).
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* ''Literature/WhenWomenWereDragons'': Dragons are human women who have transformed. They keep a human mind and the ability to speak, and can die of diseases just like humans. Unlike humans, however, they can fly, breathe fire, and travel the depths of space and the ocean without specialized gear.
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*''[[Literature/HomecomingWalsh Homecoming]]'' has the ''mazor'', one of the three races of Trycanta. They are roughly human-sized and bipedal, with wings and dextrous forelimbs. Females have a different color of scales around their face than on the rest of their body, while males have scales and their wings are further apart. They can use elemental magic like all the races of Trycanta, but they also have the racial gift of Sight: seeing that which is happening a long way off or with a more powerful gift seeing the past or even the future. They are capable of speech, but find spoken language vulgar and communicate amongs themselves with gestures. Mazor can also assume human form with powerful magic, but a maze in human form will suffer severe leg pains that make it very hard to walk. A maze in human form can cross-breed with humans, the hybrid offspring can assume either form without a dedicated spell.
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* ''Literature/HelenAndTroysEpicRoadQuest'': Dragons are mythical creatures that give off their own ambient magic and are natural kleptomaniacs with a particular fondness for stealing cattle, treasure and virgins. Because their physiology is made entirely of magic, killing them can result in an "ecological disaster just waiting to happen", instantaneously rebooting an ecosystem at the moment of death.
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* ''Literature/DragonFall'' has the dragons designed as bipedal in order to make them more relatable.
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* ''Literature/DragonFall'' ''Literature/DragonFall1984'' has the dragons designed as bipedal in order to make them more relatable.
